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Old Tue Apr 01, 2008, 05:38pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
I'd never heard the reasoning that officials were inconsistent. I had heard there was concern over players getting hurt during jump balls, so that's why they went to the coin toss for a few years (I'm pretty sure it was more than 2 seasons.) My guess is the guy who proposed the safety timeout is related to the one who got the coin toss getting implemented.
Well if that is the case, I do not think I have ever heard or seen a player get hurt during a jump ball. If anything I have been kicked and hit more than any player I have ever seen.

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